"psionic punks, a quipping queen, ruthless recruiters, a skeptical surgeon and tongue-tied telepaths"
Tables for P to T using alliteration to create ideas for encounters in sci-fi, cyberpunk, and horror,
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Alliterative Adversaries P to T for Modern and Sci-Fi RPGs
If you want a way to combine humour and unusual results to spark ideas
Roll a d10 or choose once on each column to get an Adjective and an Adversary and combine. Or roll once using the Adjective and Adversary in that row.
There is a non-fantasy Alliterative Adversaries generator at ChaosGen. And also a pdf of these and more tables on DriveThru RPG as Alliterative Adversaries - Non-Fantasy Random Tables.
Alliterative Modern / Sci-fi - A-E | F-J | K-O | P-T | U-Z
P is for Preposterous Players
d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
---|---|---|
1 | persuasive or pragmatic | programmer or preacher |
2 | practical or pincered | punks or pets |
3 | popular or prying | professor or pariah |
4 | privileged or professional | players or pilgrims |
5 | psionic or poisonous | predator or plants |
6 | peculiar or penniless | paratrooper or pythons |
7 | persistent or perverted | pilot or pickpockets |
8 | preposterous or perplexed | politicians or pacifists |
9 | playful or plasma | poltergeist or panther |
10 | pioneering or political | psychic or prostitute |
Q is for Quarrelsome Questioners
d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
---|---|---|
1 | quirky or quantifying | quartermaster |
2 | quivering or querulous | quitters or quarrier |
3 | quarrelsome or quizzical | queen or Q |
4 | questing or quaking | quizmaster or quartet |
5 | quick or questioning | quarterbacks or quintuplets |
6 | quantum or quiet | quorum or quokka |
7 | quoting or queasy | questioners or quails |
8 | quipping or queenly | quacks |
9 | quilled or quacking | quadrupeds |
10 | quantitative or quartz | questers or quintet |
R is for a Regenerating Researcher
d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
---|---|---|
1 | ridiculous or rustic | rivals or replicants |
2 | wrathful or rich | researcher or ruler |
3 | randy or remorseful | revolutionaries or runners |
4 | repellent or rude | recruiters or riggers |
5 | radioactive or relentless | rats or romantics |
6 | ruthless or recycling | robot or regulator |
7 | resourceful or restless | writer or roleplayer |
8 | reptilian or running | reviewers or ramblers |
9 | regenerating or red-nosed | reindeer or rabbits |
10 | ravishing or responsible | reporter or retrainer |
S is for Spooky Students
d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
---|---|---|
1 | sporty or sad | students or soldiers |
2 | supernatural or senile | surgeon or spider |
3 | spontaneous or sensual | singer or simulation |
4 | super or studious | sniper or salesperson |
5 | scary or screaming | spirits or snakes |
6 | cybernetic or supersonic | secretary or slayer |
7 | space or selfless | celebrity or scientist |
8 | skeptical or surreal | spy or superhero |
9 | sickened or supersensitive | sleuth or spawn |
10 | spooky or smart | sportsperson or superstar |
T is for a Transforming Terminator
d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
---|---|---|
1 | teleporting or troublesome | tourists |
2 | teenage or trendy | telepaths |
3 | taunting or tearful | thugs or trolls |
4 | terrifying or tiresome | tactician or treasurer |
5 | truthful or time-traveling | terminator |
6 | telekinetic or trustworthy | thieves |
7 | tormented or tireless | time traveller |
8 | transforming or telepathic | twins or tigers |
9 | tongue-tied or trilling | technician or therapist |
10 | thoughtful or technophobic | traders or toads |
More Alliterative Adversaries
There is a non-fantasy Alliterative Adversaries generator at ChaosGen. And also a pdf of these and more tables on DriveThru RPG as Alliterative Adversaries - Non-Fantasy Random Tables.
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